“Tina, baby I never stopped loving you. I am still in love with you just as much and even more than the day I first laid my eyes on you honey. Please say you believe me when I say that you are the love of my life T.” Bette said passionately.

Hearing the genuineness and passion in Bette’s voice seemed to open the dam of tears in Tina’s eyes that she had been trying hard to hold in.

“Oh Bette, I love you babe. I love you so much. Even when I was angry with you I could never stop thinking about you. You were always on my mind. When you went away I couldn’t believe that you had gone. It felt like you had left me all over again and I know I wasn’t ready to listen to you or give you a chance I still never thought you would give up like that and just leave.” Tina said as she continued to cry softly as she snuggled against Bette’s chest.

“T, shhhh. Don’t cry baby. I was so lost at that time Tee. I never meant to hurt you like that. I am so sorry for what I did but I couldn’t stay after what I had done to you. I saw what effect seeing me was having on you and I just couldn’t take it anymore. I couldn’t see you hurting anymore baby. So I had to leave. I had to get away from your life. That was the only way I thought you would be happy. That’s all I wanted you to be happy T and if that meant me being away from you then that was what I was going to do.” Bette couldn’t stop her own tears having heard to what Tina had said.

She desperately tried to ward off the feelings and images, particularly those of Tina’s whenever she saw her, from her mind but with no luck. She pulled Tina closer some more as she felt her emotions getting out of control. She didn’t want to relive that time in her life when everything had seemed so broken and painful.

Tina gently pulled away a little but still remaining in the warm embrace and looked at Bette. She softly wiped the tears flowing down Bette’s cheeks and smiled lovingly into the chocolate browns that she loved so much. Seeing the soft smile Bette couldn’t help but smile back with one of her own smiles and after retrieving her hand from Tina’s hand, brought it up to wipe away Tina’s tears and caressed her face as she held her face in her hand.